Father, daughter win $500,000 on season finale of 'Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls'

Press release

The father-daughter team
of Andrew "Lucky" Larson and Andrea "Louie" Larson (pictured) were named winners of the
inaugural season of the NBC adventure reality-competition series "Get Out Alive
with Bear Grylls." For coming in first place, the Larsons received a grand
prize of $500,000.

In Monday's season
finale, the Larsons defeated the two remaining teams - Austin and James Vach as
well as Chris Winter and Jeffrey Powell - in a final challenge that took place
in a wet rainforest amidst torrential downpour that pushed each team to the
limit.

Lucky, 58, is a
carpenter who specializes in recycling old buildings and used materials. As the
rugged outdoorsman, Lucky always assumed he'd have sons and treated his
daughters as if they were boys. He resides in Stillman Valley, Ill., with
his wife of 30 years, who suffers from MS.

Louie, 24, grew up on a
goat dairy farm where she spent much of her time outside with her father, a
stay-at-home dad who taught her how to hunt, trap, fish, skin an animal and
care for the environment. With her upbringing and natural love of feminine
things, Louie feels lucky to have grown up to be capable and tough, yet
maintaining a girly edge. Louie lives with her husband in Chicago, working as a
volleyball coach.

The competition began
with 10 teams trying to avoid weekly elimination and survive the unforgiving
and dramatic landscape of New Zealand's South Island.

"Get Out Alive with Bear
Grylls" is averaging a 1.5 rating 4 share and 4.1 million viewers overall,
according to "most current" data from Nielsen Media Research (through the most
recently completed week), making it the No. 1 new unscripted series of the
summer on ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX. The Aug. 19 telecast moved into the time-period
lead, ranking No. 1 among ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in adults 18-49.

Fans can visit the official
show site at http://www.nbc.com/get-out-alive/.
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